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Originally Posted by ingmar
Well, not necessarily. Copyright is by no means god-given, it is, on the contrary, a legally sanctioned monopoly granted by the state. It can be modified at any time. It is, in fact, every few years.
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That may well be so, in which case I will happily admit that rights-holders are no longer allowed to retract their product from the market.
Nevertheless, at this time what I said stands.
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Amazon.us still wouldn't sell (ebooks) to me: why should they, when they can levy a 40% (or so) "European" tax on amazon.{co.uk|de|it|*} ?
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Because the government would tell you to use a VPN. It has already happened in some places.
Or better yet, bring suit against the company for discrimination.
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That's a valid point, but we have just such an exception for out-of-print books. You must not make copies of whole books (from a library, presumably) -- unless that book is out of print) [1]. I have no problems with just such an exceptions for ebooks as well. That said, it could be further clarified to only allow such copies if they are to be legally had in other markets.
[1] Or you copy it by hand. I kid you not.
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So you're saying if a rights-holder pulls their book from the market, it is legal to pirate the pbook edition... but not the ebook.